Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!

This quick TED talk entry is courtesy of TED.com. In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages â€” nay, cheerleads â€” her audience to create new words when the existing ones wonâ€™t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to â€œverbing,â€ in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another.